Candle holder and stick.



PATENTED MAY 8, 1906.l

P. M. KNIPPENBE'RG.

CANDLE HOLDER AND STICK.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 1B, 1905. RENEWED OCT. 2, 1905.

ATTURNEYS UNITED sTATns PHILIP IVI. KNIPPENBERG,

OF OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN.

CANDLE HOLDER AND` STICK.

Specication of Letters Patent. i

ratented. May 8, 1906.

Application filed January 18, 1905. Renewed October 2,1905. Serial No281,081.

To all whom it muy concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP M.KN11 PEN- BERG, residing at Oshkosh,l inthe countyof Winnebago and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new andImproved Candle Holder and Stick, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention is in the nature of an improved combined holder and stickfor miners7 candles or lamps; and it seeks to provide a simple and ineXensive means for olding a candle and a stic for the same, which is alsoadapted for being connected with the ordinary types of miners lamps; andin its general nature my invention comprehends a peculiar constructionof holder formed of a single piece of spring metal bent into shape atone end to act as a spring clamp-socket to hold the candle, it havingthe other end shaped to conveniently interlock with the stick or picker;and `in its subordinate features my invention embodies certain detailsof construction and peculiar combination of parts, all of which will behereinafter fully described, specifically pointed out in the appendedclaims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure lis a view of my improved candle holder and stick'as applied for use.Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the same. Fig. 3 is a verticalsection of the same. Figs. 4 and 5 are horizontal sections thereof,taken, respectively, on the lines 4 -4 and 55 on Fig. 8. Fig. 6 is adetail view of the stick or picker. Fig. 7 illustrates the same asapplied to a miners lamp, and Fig. 8 is a vertical crosssection of thelamp with the picker-stick applied. Fig. 9 is a detail view` of amodified arrangement of the icker or stick holding keeper on the minersamp.

In carrying out my invention I form the candle-holder A out of a sectionof thin springmet-al tubing. The upper end of the tube A is cuthorizontally, as at a, and the said cut extends nearly the fulltransverse width of the tube, whereby to leave but a small portion ofthe upper end of the tube integral with the lower portion. The upper endof the tube A is bent to form a socket a2 for receiving the candle, andone of the free ends of the -upper portion is bent radially outward tominers cap. (See Fig.. 1.) At a point below the hook B the rear side ofthe tube A has two horizontally-elongated slots 0.3 a3, arranged lone ateach side of the hook-attached portion of the tube, and the said slotsare in alinement, so as to form keeper-slots to receive the stick orpicker device O, which consists of a single piece of spring metal bentupon itself to form a loop or ring O and with its ends bent back uponthemselves in the manner `clearly shown in Fig. 6, from which it willbeY noticedone end, c2, is longer than the other and is pointed, as atc3, to readily enter a post, wall, or other abutment on which it may bedesiredto support the candle or lamp, the pointed end also serving as asimple means for picking the wick.

One of the spring members of the device C, preferably the short or outerone', has one or lmore notches O5 of a length slightly greater than thesolid part of the tube A between the slots 0.3 therein, whereby when thetwo members of the picker or stick are closed together under pressureand slid through the slots a3 a3 the edges of the said notch C5 willsnap into engagement withthe adjacent edges X X of the slots a3, andthereby firmly lock the said picker or stick into the holder A fromaccidental displacement.

The form of picker or stick shown when used in connection with a lampcooperates with a keeper D, secured up on the rear side of the lamp L,as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, by reference to which it will be seen thesaid keeper D is formed by bending up a single piece of brass or othermetal to form a longitudinal socket d, whose inner wall is in verticalalinement with the vertically-extended end d', whereby to bear solidlyagainst the lampbody, to which the keeper is made fast by rivets, asshown. The socket d is of such length that when the stick ends are slidtherein the notched portion thereof will snap into engagement with theends of the socket portion, as shown.

Instead of forming the keeper D in the manner shown in Figs. 7 and 8 thesaid kee er may be formed by making the attachingooks B5 of a singlepiece of rod-wire bent upon itself to form a loop 5b and bending theloop end to form the keeper D5. (See Fig. 9.) By this arrangement thelamp-holding hook and the keeper can be economicallymade and readilyattached to the lamp-body by soldering.

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From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings,it is believed the advantage or full manner of use of my invention willbe readily apparent.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. An improved holder for the purposes described consisting of a tubularmetal section, the upper end of which is slit horizontally nearly itsentire transverse width, the said upper portion being vertically slittedand bent to form a spring-socket, one end of the vertically-slittedportion being bent radially outward, a hanger-hook secured to the rearof the lower part of the tube, said lower part of the tube having a pairof alining horizontally elongated openings and a combined stick orpicker device, which includes an expansible member vertically recessedand adapted to be passed through the two openings in the tube and tointerlock therewith when the recessed portion registers therewithsubstantially in the manner shown and for the purposes described.

2. An improved holde` for the purpose described; which comprises atubular metal section whose upper end is formed to frictionally engage acandle or similar torch and whose lower part has a pair of alininghorizontal openings, and. a picker-stick which includes an expansiblemember vertically recessed and adapted to be passed through the openingsin the tubular metal section to interlock therewith when the recessedportion of' the stick registers therewith, as set forth.

3. A holder of lthe character described; formed of a tubular section ofspring metal, the upper part of which is cut in the horizontal plane andvertically, whereby the said upper end is bendable to form aspring-socket of less diameter than the body portion and located whollywithin the circumference of the said body portion, the lower end oi' themain body portion having alining horizontal openings adapted to receivea picker-stick.

l PHILIP M. KNIPPENBERG.

Witnesses:

EBEE SIMPSON, GEORGE A. SARAU.

